The trip to the Northeast was the last in the line-up and I have been home since. Did some catching up with school and finished my summer semester by July 31. What a relief! This Fall I will be taking a Health Assessment class which includes a lot of the reasons I want to be a CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist) vs a NP (Nurse Practitioner so that will be a bit of a challenge. It includes 12o clinical hours which a doctor at church has graciously agreed to do with me! I actually created a website discussing the differences in the roles. The CNS has much more of a teaching and hospital based emphasis - http://cnsandnpdebate.weebly.com/. I am just going to have to power through. Speaking of websites though if you have not seen Abigail and Olivia lately you should check out the photos on Lynn's site at http://thecaliforniasmiths.blogspot.com/!I plan on working at KU again in the learning lab and this time I will be teaching health assessment techniques to bachelors nursing students. Hopefully the two classes will compliment each other! Until then I am just enjoying the summer. Some of the past few weeks highlights were:Having dinner with Dee and Cheryl and playing with their precious ones (Adam above being some sort of monster) Emma and Riley!
Baseball games with the Royals and White Sox - the last of this season for those two at home!
Canoeing at Shawnee Mission Park with Adam's friend from work whose name is Adam and his wife Laura
The Fray concert - Adam took me for a surprise date. (AKA I like them and he was making me happy by taking me:-) )
Yolanda coming in town. Sarah broke her foot so she wasn't able to make it. We went to the zoo, made whiskey cake from the whiskey Adam had received as a groomsman gift at the wedding, went to Theater in the Park and saw the wedding singer (we don't recommend it), and a tour of the local brewery - Boulevard Brewery!
Dinner out to celebrate the end of the semester. Sushi, yes I am one of those pseudo vegetarians that loves sushi!
And then for my birthday weekend we went to Oceans of Fun which is a water park and had a blast. Afterwards Adam cooked me dinner - a recipe that his brother created. Yummy again!
And since I am working nights I will leave you with a 1/2 and 1/2 tower taken at Perkins. I have been working a lot of nights lately so we have been eating breakfast for dinner...My favorite meal!
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Thanks for updating us Ruth on your happenings! Abigail and I enjoyed going through these photos. Her favorite one was of Adam holding a cat a few postings down.
Ruth!!! So glad to catch up with you. BTW, GO WHITE SOX--we are in Chicago now, southside and Tim's team is the white sox. Anyway, I have been reading your blog and catching up on your life without you even knowing! haha I saw lynn and your mom last December when I was in San Francisco for a meeting. I think your dad flew out to see you the day I arrived! I am so amazed at all you have done, experienced, and accomplished in your life! I wish you all the happiness in this world!! Keep in touch!!! valerie.jansen@gmail.com. I am also on facebook! Look me up! I am friends with Gail. LOL
Love you!
Valerie, I mean Pooh!
Ruth - these pics are fun! Looks like you are happy and well, and that makes me so happy :) Miss you and glad I can keep up with your crazy ways via blogland.
xoxoxo always ~
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